Vince-My Fidelco Guide-dog at work part 2

Описание: Hello! And welcome!

This video is designed to give some insight to those of you out there who might have some questions about what a guide-dog is and/or what a service dog is. What are the similarities and what are the differences. The design of a service dog is that of offering physical assistance to someone in a point of need. A police dog is a service dog for example. Thus the adage: "To serve and protect". As the number of recognized disabilities has grown over the past 20 years or so, so has the number of dogs trained to deal with those disabilities. Just to name a few, there are hearing dogs, paraplegia or quadriplegia dogs, police custom's sniffing dogs, canine squad dogs, epilepsy dogs and therapy dogs. What you are looking at here is, probably the oldest area of public service, dogs have achieved next to police service work. That of a guide-dog. A guide-dog is a form of a service dog but most guide-dogs are trained simply to guide. The term, Service dog, is a general box term designed to try to place all or many services into one dog. Because it takes dogs 4 to 6 months to learn many of the required tasks in accordance with their service, or longer depending on availability of trainers and the dog's ability to grasp said tasks, service dogs are trained to meet specific needs. For instance, a police canine handler would be very unlikely to use a guide-dog as a police dog, or a quadriplegic could most likely not use a police dog as his or her service animal, as the training is different. As time is of the essence and the demand for service dogs is high, great effort is made to insure that dogs are trained and handed out in accordance with specific needs and requirements.

So again, what we're looking at here is a guide-dog, often referred to as a seeing eye dog. You can read a list of a guide-dog's tasks and abilities as well as some rules of etiquette in this first link provided here in the video.

http://histclo.com/Ebook/border/dan.html

But, it's one thing to read them while another thing entirely to see them in action. So, in an attempt to use the power of your vision to my advantage, I'd like to explore these tasks with you here, now! The first thing you'll notice about all guide-dogs is that, they're trained to walk in a straight line without deviation, other than to avoid an obstacle. This task is most important to someone born blind for security purposes; to make sure they don't veer into an obstacle and to make sure that passing pedestrians have a clear path to their own destinations. You will also see that my guide-dog makes a concerted effort to keep me away from traffic and off the road whenever possible. Next, you will see that guide-dogs stop at curbs or steps. They do this in an effort to watch for oncoming traffic and to allow us the opportunity to properly direct them with the information gained from listening. Thirdly, you will see my guide-dog veer me around obstacles for both our safety, only to bring me back to that straight line. Lastly, guide-dogs are taught to landmark objects. This technique was aptly displayed when you saw my guide-dog stop us between the truck and the fence, allowing me to first touch the truck before proceeding. Showing or land marking is a useful technique for having the dog indicate bus stops, beeping light poles, doors, seats and even objects we drop from time to time when asked.

Thanks for loving our dogs and hey! Thanks for offering us your help cause we sure need it sometimes. No, really! We do! Try to think of us walking around with a furry colorblind tourist guide who can't read. We're great in areas we know but... En, not so hot in places we don't. If you liked this video, please feel free to check out my photo-biography where most secrets of blindness will, from my point of view anyway, be revealed by clicking on this link.

http://histclo.com/Ebook/border/borde...

You can also check out my blog at:

http://blinkers-tinkers.blogspot.ca/?m=1
If you love this German Shepherd even half as much as I do, feel free to check out other furry companions at:
www.fidelco.org, or at
www.leerburg.com.

Thanks for watching and I'll see you on YouTube!!!